This song's recording process exposed many of the underlying tensions
that eventually led to the breakup of the duo after the album's
completion. Most notably,
Paul Simon has repeatedly expressed regret over his insistence that
Art Garfunkel sing this song as a solo, as it focused attention on
Garfunkel and relegated Simon to a secondary position. Art Garfunkel
initially did not want to sing lead vocal, feeling it was not right for
him. "He felt I should have done it," Paul Simon revealed to
Rolling Stone in 1972.

Garfunkel said that the moment when he performed it at a 1972
Madison Square Garden benefit concert, as part of a one-off reunion
with Simon, was "almost biblical."

In performances on the 2003 "Old
Friends" tour, Simon and Garfunkel have taken turns singing
alternate verses of the vocal.

Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler, although not much for battlefield command, usually
had considerable talent for efficient administration. This was not much in
evidence today as he addressed the problem of drunkenness among the troops at
Ft. Monroe, at Hampton Roads, Va. He went about this in a straightforward
manner, simply outlawing the sale of intoxicating beverages to the soldiers.
This worked about as well as prohibition ever does: booze was found at one time
or another stored in gun barrels, cannon tubes, and canteens. Similar
prohibitions were tried in other areas by other generals, with pretty much the
same results.

Saturday, Aug. 2, 1862
ARMY AMBULANCE ACTIVATION ANNOUNCED

It seemed like a minor bureaucratic maneuver at the time: after considerable
backstage work Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Medical Director of the Army of the
Potomac, announced today the establishment of the Army Ambulance Corps. In fact
the army had always had ambulances, but they were under the control of the
Quartermaster Corps, and tended to be treated like any other wagons, hauling any
supplies that came to hand. Now under Letterman’s control, they were to be
stocked only with medical supplies. The effect on the care and treatment of the
wounded would be considerable.

It was not a happy time in Richmond. Gettysburg was lost, Vicksburg had fallen,
the nation was cut in half. And today came an escalation of the threat in a new
quarter: Charleston, South Carolina, the hotbed and originator of the secession
crisis that created the Confederacy. In Charleston Harbor, near Cummings Point
on Morris Island, Federal gunboats came to call. They assaulted the Confederate
steamer Chesterfield. Although the attack was indecisive and not pursued, it was
considered an omen of new attacks to come.

The Confederate States of America had its share and more of brave and insightful
military commanders and troops. What it never had was the industrial
infrastructure to support these troops in the field. An example of what such
support could mean was growing rapidly at City Point, Virginia. This was where
Gen. Grant chose to locate his supply base for his men in the siege of
Petersburg. Huge bakeries provided fresh bread instead of hardtack. Warehouses
were built for supplies, ammunition dumps kept weapons operating. There was even
a network of railroad tracks built to get these supplies to where they were
needed. Recreational opportunities were not overlooked, although certainly not
officially sanctioned. An entire village of prostitutes was in operation.

It was a slow time on the battlefield, but more was happening in the
halls of the US Congress. Actions recently passed and awaiting action
included approval and funding for “one or more” armored ships and
floating batteries. There was also a proposal to reorganize the Army.
Finally, orders were issued to the Navy to blockade Southern ports by
the interesting technique of taking old, otherwise useless ships and
filling them with rocks. They were then to be taken to the offending
ports and sunk to block traffic in and out.

Sunday, Aug. 3, 1862
MCCLELLAN MAKES MILITARY MOVE

Gen. George McClellan was on the move today, but it was not entirely
voluntary. He had been ordered by Gen. Henry Wager Halleck who sent
formal orders requiring McClellan to move the Army of the Potomac off
the Peninsula, where he had been for some time, to the area around Aquia
Landing, Va.. The dual purpose of this was to give additional protection
for Washington DC. and back up Gen. John Pope’s Army of Virginia, which
was under attack. McClellan was severely opposed to this move, but had
no choice in the matter.

Monday, Aug. 3, 1863
RAPPAHANNOCK RUMBLING RAPIDLY REDUCING

As the casualties from the Second Battle of Brandy Station had their
wounds and injuries tended to, a general calm settled over the
Rappahannock valley. Lee was hard at work getting resupply for his Army
of Northern Virginia, including the army itself. The problem of
straggling was becoming a serious matter, as troops would take informal
leave to tend to family emergencies, then not come back. Jefferson Davis
had recently issued one of his offers of amnesty to any who returned
within 20 days.

Wednesday, Aug. 3, 1864
LINCOLN LAMENTS LACKADAISICAL LEADERS

Since the beginning of the War Between the States, the great work, and
the great frustration, of Abraham Lincoln had been to find generals not
only to win battles, but willing to fight them at all. He had found one
in Ulysses S. Grant, but Grant could not be everywhere at once. Lincoln
wrote him today that his plan to follow the enemy “to the death” would
not “be done nor attempted unless you watch it every day, and hour, and
force it.” Lincoln did not know that Grant entirely agreed, and already
had one answer, named Phil Sheridan.

WHERE'S CAROL?!?

From Brenda Shepard McCoy ('67) of VA -
08/02/11, 9:53 PM:

Hi Carol,

Just wanted to check and see if you could see what may have
deleted me from the Newsletter
(mailing list). I have not received any this week; last issue
received was
July 22. Really miss not hearing the news of the day and I
appreciate all your hard work.

It has been a while since
I have received an email. Are you doing OK or are you partying ?

Dimples

Thank you, Brenda,
Phil, and Dimples! It's nice to be missed!
All your names are still
there on my mailing list; I just hadn't sent out any announcements since
07/22 because I've done precious little work since then (and
the announcements themselves often seem to be as much work as the
Newsletters).

My Sister, Eleanor Buckley Nowitzky
('59) of NC, told me
lately that she was good with excuses, but that I have her topped. Let's
give this one a whirl:

a. I've been sick.
b. I've had difficulty concentrating and the slightest thing distracted
me from my work.
c. I've been spending quality time with family, friends, and neighbors.
d. I was asked to substitute teach a couple of classes at church lately,
and needed time to prepare my lessons.
e. I've been organizing and decorating my new home.
f. Three people asked to have their names removed from my mailing list
within the space of ten days, and I thought I was being a pest.
g. Any combination of the above.
h. All of the above.

The correct
answer is h. Sorry!

To further complicate issues, we will be leaving to go
back to Illinois and Southeast Missouri for a few days next Wednesday,
August 10. When we moved here, Paul drove the Budget
moving van, and we left our own Plymouth van with our son. We've
been without a vehicle since early June, and dependent on Eleanor and a
few others to take us wherever we needed to go. It's time to
reclaim it (as well as a few more of our possessions which didn't
make it with us), so we can get back into the swing of things - as
well as for the two of us to be able to obtain employment - which will
come in real handy!

We're
renting a car and driving out; we're timing the trip to include Paul's
Lewis Family Reunion in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on Sunday, August 14.
I don't even know what day we're coming back here to Fayetteville.....

From Brenda Shepard McCoy ('67) of VA -
08/03/11, 6:40 PM:

Carol,

Thank you so much for your
reply. I hope you don't think I was complaining, never would I do that.
You work so hard on this for the Typhoon classes and it is truly
appreciated. I understand being busy, and knowing a busy schedule. Hope
you are feeling better and all is well. My prayers and thanks to you
again for all your hard work.

Brenda S. McCoy

No, of course I didn't think
you were complaining, Brenda! ... I'm feeling better, and my mind is
focusing better than it was. I learned the hard way several years ago
not to write things when my brain wasn't in gear!

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Just wanted to share a brief note. Upon furnishing the family of the
founder of W.T. Grant Company some of my experience with respect to the
failure and bankruptcy of this fine company, such a pleasant surprise
greeted me with the delivery of the postal mail. The family sent me a
beautiful book, Biblio, Scheide Library, Princeton
University, by Natasha D'Schommer Grant. The outstanding photographs
were taken by Natasha. Nice folk.

Though you might like to see a
photo image of the book sent to me as a gift from the W.T. Grant
family.

Breathtaking photos of very rare
books and bibles.

TYPHOON Regards,
Joe Madagan ('57) of FL

OH, WOW!
Isn't that wonderful - how people you've never met send you
extraordinary tokens of appreciation! That's one of the great
blessings of living in the Age of the Internet! Thanks for sharing this
with us, Adonis!

From My Friend, Cheryl of NC -
08/02/11 - "Sign Displayed in Most US States":

"We have a fire," she said with enough emotion to bring me to
consciousness.

I stumbled out of the bedroom and toward some unusual noises in the
garage. When I opened the door, the heat from 50 holiday ovens hit
me in the face and smoke filled the garage with an ominous, orange
pulse.

Slamming the door, I ran back toward the bedroom. "Grab the kids and
call 911!"

My wife grabbed our three year-old daughter and I got our six
year-old son. When we hit the door, our neighbor, in his bathrobe,
was running toward the front door with his cell phone. He had
already dialed emergency services and was giving them all of the
details they needed to dispatch the fire department.

We made our way over to his house and made sure everyone was ok. I
went back out to wait for the fire department and started to assess
the situation. Within a couple of minutes, plumes of flame popped up
through the roof in different areas. The fire was in the attic and
all over the house. A massive blaze consumed the garage and any
serious hope of recovering anything faded.
By the time the sun rose, our lives and pajamas were what remained.

My family and I began doing...well, what we do! We figured out our
immediate needs, what our next steps were, and took action to get
things moving. In a matter of days, we had life back to normal,
relatively speaking, and kept moving our lives forward.

The most unusual and serendipitous part of the experience was how
people responded to us. Not the outpouring of kindness and
generosity, though that was pretty amazing. What caught me off guard
was how people reacted when they realized that we weren't distraught
and immobilized by what was going on.

In some cases, I would be willing to say that they were even... a
little disappointed.

"How can you be so calm and motivated right now?"

"You act like nothing happened!" And my favorite...

"Doesn't it bother you that you lost everything? You must just be in
shock."

I actually laughed out loud when I heard the last one. In shock?
Really? When you stand in your neighbor's yard for four hours and
watch all of your material possessions evaporate, reality is very
palpable, and any shock floats away with the smoke.

What I began explaining to people is what I want to share with you,
via this long introduction. Events in life are constant and
impartial. Not unfair. Impartial. It is up to us to give the events
meaning and decide how we will carry on once they've occurred.

My mindset, then and now, is designed to focus on possibility and
productivity. When events like the fire hit, my mindset takes all of
the data and acts as a filter. Not as a way to turn a blind-eye
toward the hardship, but to give me the kind of information I need
to further my purposes.

This filtering process makes me more efficient and successful than I
could be otherwise. It allowed me to go through any event and stay
on pace and productive, because I've decided that's how I want to
be.

Yes, we still cried, cussed, and missed things we had always taken
for granted. A well-crafted mindset makes you resilient, not
inhuman. Nevertheless, the point is, the event didn't dictate to us
how we would behave. That was under our control.

In fact, in that same year, I finished a bachelor degree, began a
masters, and my young (39) wife had a freak heart attack. Put a
total loss house fire on the end of it and we had enough 'yuck' and
stress in one year to justify some cynicism and negativity. Instead,
we rallied as a family, became even closer, and oh by the way, grew
our income 600%. This was only possible because of mindset.

I hear you out there..."That's great, mindset guy, but what does
that mean for me?" It means everything! Our mindsets are active and
filtering the world for us every day, whether we're conscious of it
or not.

So how do we get conscious and take control?

Take 100% responsibility for your life. At the end of the day, it
doesn't matter who's fault it is. What are you going to do about it?
Abdicating responsibility doesn't get you off the hook for making
something happen. Instead, it renders you powerless and a victim.

Get clear about what you want. Just like ancient mariners used the
compass to maintain direction during storms, your clearly defined
objectives point the way forward when all hell breaks loose. You can
steer yourself to clear waters instead of getting dashed against the
rocks.

Purposely look for opportunities. To build your unshakable mindset,
you'll need a little practice. When you are clear about what you
want, consciously look for ways to get closer. Soon enough, you'll
retrain your brain to show you the best path through.

Pay attention to your dominant emotions. When life strikes, are you
drawn to finding blame or to correcting your course? I don't mean
for anyone to ignore the emotions that pull us back, but don't give
them all of your power. Grieve, mourn, get angry...but then bring
your emotional awareness back to possibility.

An alternative to taking conscious control of your mindset is to
allow the world at-large to shape it for you. Any takers? Ok then,
make the decision now, that you are in control of your life and
events will no longer kick the chair out from under you.

Soon, your mind will begin to do the sifting and sorting for you,
leaving you free to act on the new opportunities that you never knew
were there before.

About the Author:

PJ McClure is the world's foremost authority on using your mindset
to achieve personal and professional success. His passionate and
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FINALLY:

From
www.ajokeaday.com - 08/02/11:Doctor: I’m sorry to have to tell you that you may have rabies, and
it could prove fatal.

Patient: Well, doctor, please give me pencil and paper.

Doctor: To make your will?

Patient: No, to make a list of people I want to bite.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

1.Thursday, August 4, 2011 - The NNHS
Class of 1955 holds Lunch Bunch gatherings on the first Thursday of every month
at Steve & John's Steak House on Jefferson Avenue just above Denbigh Boulevard
in Newport News at 11:00 AM. The luncheon is not limited to just the Class of
'55; if you have friends in that year, go visit with them.

2. Wednesday,
August 10, 2011 - The NNHS Class of June 1942 meets at noon on the second
Wednesday of every other month for a Dutch treat lunch at the James River
Country Club, 1500 Country Club Road. PLEASE JOIN THEM. Give or take a few years
makes no difference. Good conversation, food and atmosphere. For details, call
Jennings Bryan at 803-7701 for reservations.

When you're
weary, feeling small
When tears are in your eyes, I'll dry them all...all...
I'm on your side, oh, when times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you (ooh)
I'll take your part, oh, when darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Sail on Silver Girl,
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
Oh, if you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind